Neenah Public Library

Return to Zion, the history of modern Israel, Eric Gartman

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-349) and index

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Return to Zion

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Eric Gartman

the history of modern Israel

"From the rise of Zionism to the founders of the Jewish State and the soldiers that fought to keep it, Return to Zion is the story of a strong-willed people fighting to keep a land their ancestors called home"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction : No master but God -- A pillar of fire on the road to Zion : beginning of the return, 1881-1896 -- An eye toward Zion : the Zionist movement ascendant, 1896-1918 -- It is good to die for our country : tension under the British mandate, 1918-1933 -- The great catastrophe : Jews flee Nazi Germany while Palestine erupts, 1933-1939 -- An indifferent world, cold and cruel : Palestine and the Holocaust, 1939-1946 -- Nothing can keep us from our Jewish homeland : end of the British mandate, 1946-1947 -- The darkest moment of our struggle : war between the Jews and Arabs of Palestine, 1947-1948 -- We shall triumph! Israel's war of independence, 1948-1949 -- A heavy burden : the Jewish state fights to survive, 1949-1957 -- Masada shall not fall again! Years of growth and consolidation, 1957-1967 -- To live or perish : the Jewish state faces a hostile ring of nations, May-June 1967 -- Israel's golden summer : the Six-Day War and its aftermath, 1967-1970 -- We may be in trouble : buildup to surprise, 1970-1973 -- The destruction of the third temple : the Yom Kippur War and its consequences, 1973-1977 -- Nation shall not lift up sword against nation : the Camp David accords, 1977-1981 -- The most televised war in history : the Lebanon War and the Intifada, 1982-1992 -- Enough of blood and tears! The Oslo peace process, 1992-2001 -- The third way : the second Intifada and beyond, 2001-2014 -- Conclusion : why Masada did not fall